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The SMART-E training network is preparing the next generation of leading Advanced Roboticists to ensure a Sustainable Manufacturing sector in Europe. We are training 13Early Stage Researchers (ESRs) and 2 Experienced Researchers (ERs), developing a leading European doctoral training programme in Advanced Robotics Technologies.

The SMART-E network combines state-of-the-art techniques and utilizes novel technologies in new or lesser known areas involving a team of experts in:

Embodied Intelligence: University of Zurich (UZH)

Soft Robotics: UZH and the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna (SSSA)

Compliant Robotics: the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) and the University of Salford (USAL)

Smart Materials: IIT

Safety and human-machine interaction: Technical University of Munich (TUM)

Autonomous systems, dexterous end effectors and statistics: USAL

This is combined with the expertise from leading manufacturers and automation R&D companies and the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre at the University of Sheffield. The network is further supported by a number of Associated Partners from academia and industry.

The SMART-E network will:

Deliver a globally leading, sustainable doctoral training programme.

Provide researchers with complementary business, leadership and interpersonal skills, and giving them exposure to different working cultures in academic and business sectors internationally.

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This project has received funding from the People Programme (Marie Curie Actions) of the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme FP7/2007-2013/ for research, technological development and demonstration under REA grant agreement no 608022